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Re:Microsoft 365 Copilot launch was a total disaster by rUsHeYaFuBu on Sunday January 26, 2025 @12:24PM (#42831767)
I think these things have potential to improve over time.

If nothing else I do like being able to get a relative quick explanation for how to change some obscure or minute functionality in the Windows OS.

Now, would it be better if the Win OS, by default wasn't obnoxiously in the way with the pretense of being "simpler"? Yes!

At least there are some truly free OS's out there that keep the interface consistent through iterations and generally improve overtime.

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Re:Microsoft 365 Copilot launch was a total disaster by phren0logy on Sunday January 26, 2025 @02:57PM (#42833435)
I'm sure it will improve over time. I'm just surprised it was as bad as it was at launch, and has improved minimally.
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Re:Microsoft 365 Copilot launch was a total disaster by rsynnott on Sunday January 26, 2025 @07:18PM (#42835832)
So release them when they work, if ever. Do not release a broken thing and then go “you must use this, in case it is one day non-shit”.
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Re:Microsoft 365 Copilot launch was a total disaster by rUsHeYaFuBu on Sunday January 26, 2025 @07:58PM (#42836113)
Maybe they want to collect data on people using copilot in order to train copilot to be better?
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Re:Microsoft 365 Copilot launch was a total disaster by johnnyanmac on Sunday January 26, 2025 @08:18PM (#42836263)
Yes, we called those alphas and betas back in the day.

But I suppose we've been shipping betas as a full release in software for quite a while now. Maybe even soke alphas.

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Re:Microsoft 365 Copilot launch was a total disaster by esafak on Sunday January 26, 2025 @10:10PM (#42836994)
I see you are not familiar with Microsoft.
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Re:Microsoft 365 Copilot launch was a total disaster by rsynnott on Monday January 27, 2025 @05:18AM (#42839425)
Granted, they're no strangers to pushing unwanted nonsense on people (remember the ribbon?) but even by their standards this does seem unusually extreme.
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